Supreme Court judge Justice Surya Kant on Wednesday said the time is ripe for judiciaries of India and Sri Lanka “to champion a model of regional environmental constitutionalism.”

Kant stressed on the fact that environmental cooperation between the two nations is not a matter of charity or diplomacy, but also a matter of survival.

Speaking at the Faculty of Law, Colombo, at the ‘Indo-Sri Lanka Policy Dialogue’ on ‘Advancing Environmental Sustainability and Regional Cooperation’, Justice Kant said the region between the two countries has, in recent times, re-emerged as “a strategic corridor, rich in marine resources but ecologically stressed”.

He lauded initiatives such as BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) and the Indian Ocean Rim As

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